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10. Thismia Rodwayi; Derwent, Tasmania. 
This is nearest allied to the next foregoiug. 
The Constitution of the word Thismia , as dedicatory to the Phyto- 
Anatomist Th. Smith, was unfortunate, though the name is euphonious. 
Soon after this was written, several more specimens of tiie Thismia 
were found by Mr. Rodway and kindly transmitted to me; thev came 
from the lower portion of the eastern slope of Mount Wellington. He 
noticed the plant to grow also on tho roots of Bedfordia, and he further 
ascertained that the unpleasant odour of the flower is only developed in 
the process of decay. Root ramified into few filiform somevvhat carnulent 
divisions. Stein one, or when two stems occur, distaut, sometimes very 
short. The three shorter lobes of the calyx exterior, but at about tlie 
sfime level as the longer lobes, which ean be regarded as petaline. Anthers 
coneealed through the introflexion of the staminal tube, whereby thev are 
pressed against the inside of the calvx-tube, so that intervening of insects 
becomes necessary for passing the pollen on to the Stigmas. Guter part 
of the anther-connective ending upwards in two deltoid denticles, mueh 
overreached by an exceedingly tender setule. Pollen grains whitish wlien 
moist, almost dimidiate globular. Ripe fruit as yet unknown.] 
Fons. Simon, Note sur im Dianthus hybride nouveau. (Bulletin de la Societe 
botanique de France. Tome XXXVII. 1890. p. 245.) 
Rolfe, R. A., Schomburgkia Sanderiana n. sp. (The Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
Ser. III. Vol. IX. 1890. p. 202.) 
Palaeontologie: 
Fontaine, The Potomac or younger mesozoic flora. (Monographs of the U. St. 
Geological Suivey. Vol. XV\ Washington 1889.) 
Teratologie und Pflanzenkrankheiten ; 
AtkillSOn, Nematode root-galls. (Journal of the Elisa Mitchell Scientific Society. 
Ser. VII. 1890. No. 1.) 
Atti della commissione consultiva per la fillossera: sessione del inaggio 1890, con 
annesse relazioni sui vigneti sperimentali, sui metodi curativi e sulle viti 
americane. 8°. XI, 451 pp. Roma (Bolta) 1891. L. 3.50. 
Thomas, Fr., Zum Gitterrost der Birnbäume. (Gartenflora. 1891. p. 02.) 
Medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik: 
Bocchiola, Ricerche chimiche sulla radice di colombo. (Annali di chimiea e di 
farmacologia. Vol. XII. 1890. Fase. 4.) 
Brown, A. H., On the adulteration of drugs and food. (Bulletin of Pharmacy. 
Vol. V. 1891. p. 10.) 
Cerna, David, A study of the physiological action of Kava-Kava. (Therapeutic 
Gazette. Vol. XV. 1891. p. 6.) 
Technische, Forst-, ökonomische und gärtnerische Botanik: 
Rüesberg, Walter, Embothrium coccineum Forst. (Gartenflora. 1891. p. 57. 
1 Tafel.) 
(«umbletoil, W, E., Diospyros Kaki, the Persimmon, or divine pear. (The 
Gardeners’ Chronicle. Ser. III. Vol. IX. 1891. p. 170. With tig.) 
Nienhaus, Casimir, Das Rosenöl. (Prometheus. Bd. II. 1891. p. 210.) 
Novi, Giuseppe, La coltivazione e manifattura dei tabacchi esteri in Napoli nel 
1850. (Atti dell’ Accademia pontaniaua. Napoli 1891.) 
Faillieux, A. et Bois, D., Lea plantes alimentairea spontanees en Grece. (Revue 
des Sciences naturelles appliqudes. 1890. No. 22.) 
Pucci, Aug., Gli ortaggi coltivati: descrizione, cultura e sinonimia. 8°. VII, 
428 pp. Firenze (Tip. Ricci) 1890. L. 4.— 
Rusby, II. H., Quebracho. Part I. Quebracho Blanco, or White Quebracho, 
Aspidosperma Quebrncho-blanco Schlechtd. (Bulletin of Pharmacy. Vol. V. 
1891. p. 13.) 
